Kentucky receivers working overtime to eliminate dropped passes

4:26 PM,
Sep. 20, 2013

A.J. Legree

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A.J. Legree takes little solace in the fact that he wasn't alone, that he was just one of five University of Kentucky football players who combined to drop seven passes in last week's 27-13 loss to seventh-ranked Louisville.

"It felt like I started it," Legree said, "and that's why I felt like I let my team down."

Many players believe drops are contagious and Legree was the first with a drop against the Cardinals. And his was especially painful. The Wildcats were down 3-0 in the first quarter but had reached Louisville's 44-yard line. Offensive coordinator Neal Brown called a perfectly timed ...